Errol Flynn was born to parents 'Theodore Thomas Flynn', a respected biologist, and Marrelle Young, an adventurous young woman and decendent of a midshipman of HMS Bounty fame. Young Flynn was a rambunctious child who could be counted on to find trouble. When the family took up residence in England, Errol managed to have himself thrown out of every school he was enrolled in. In his late teens he set out to find gold, but instead found a series of short lived odd jobs. Information is sketchy, but the positions of police constable, sanitation engineer, treasure hunter, sheep castrator, shipmaster for hire, fisherman, and soldier seem to be among his more reputable career choices. Staying one jump ahead of the law and jealous husbands forced Flynn back to England. He took up acting, a passtime he had previously stumbled into when asked to play (ironically) Fletcher Christian in a film called In the Wake of the Bounty. Errol Flynn's natural athletic talent and good looks attracted the attention of Warner Brothers and soon he was off to America. Flynn's luck held when he replaced Robert Donat in the title role of Captain Blood. He quickly rocketed to stardom as the undisputed king of swashbuckler films, a title inherited from Douglas Fairbanks, but which remains Flynn's to this day. Onscreen, he was the freedom loving rebel, a man of action who fought against injustice and won the hearts of damsels in the process. His offscreen passions; drinking, fighting, boating and sex, made his film escapades seem pale. His love life brought him considerable fame, three statutory rape trials, and a lasting memorial in the expression "In like Flynn". Serious roles eluded Flynn, and as his lifestyle eroded his youthful good looks, his career declined. Troubles with lawsuits and the IRS plagued him at this time, eroding what little money he had saved. A few good roles did come his way late in life, however, usually aging alchoholics, almost mirror images of Flynn. He was making a name as a serious actor before his death.
Istanbul (1957): $160,000
San Antonio (1945): $200,000
Objective, Burma! (1945): $200,000
Uncertain Glory (1944): $200,000
The Prince and the Pauper (1937): $2,500/week
Captain Blood (1935): $500/week
The Case of the Curious Bride (1935): $150/week
Murder at Monte Carlo (1934): $150/week

Father, with Patrice Wymore of Arnella (25 December 1953 - 21 September 1998) Father with Nora Eddington of Deirdre (born January 10, 1945) and Rory (born March 12, 1947). Ranked #70 in Empire (UK) magazine's "The Top 100 Movie Stars of All Time" list. [October 1997] Father, with Lili Damita of photojournalist Sean Flynn (1941 - 1970). It has been said that his 1959 autobiography, "My Wicked Wicked Ways," was originally to be called "In Like Me." Was tried for statutory rape in 1942 but was acquitted. When banned from drinking on a film set, Flynn would inject oranges with vodka and eat them during his breaks. Interred at Forest Lawn, Glendale, California, in the Garden of Everlasting Peace. Chosen by Empire magazine as one of the 100 Sexiest Stars in film history (#86). [1995] Father of Deirdre Flynn. On his mother's side, he was a direct descendant of Fletcher Christian and Edward Young, of H.M.S. Bounty fame. The hit song "Errol", by Australian band Australian Crawl, was about him. The phrase "In like Flynn," stems from his 1942 trial for statutory rape. His son Sean Flynn appeared in a few films but didn't particularly like being an actor. He switched careers and was a freelance photojournalist during the Vietnam War. He disappeared with another journalist as they followed the US Army invasion into Cambodia and both were thought to have been captured and executed by Khmer Rouge guerrillas. He is the subject of the 1981 The Clash song, "Sean Flynn." He was the great-great-great-great-grandson of HMS Bounty mutineer Fletcher Christian, whom he portrayed in the film In the Wake of the Bounty. He was also the 23rd great-grandson of Robert De Vere (the real "Robin Hood"), whom he also portrayed in The Adventures of Robin Hood. In addition, he is the 15th cousin twice removed of Olivia de Havilland, who played Maid Marian, his love interest, in that same film. He was voted the 55th Greatest Movie Star of all time by Entertainment Weekly. Grandfather of Luke Flynn. His father was head of Zoology at the University of Tasmania. He was voted the 26th Greatest Movie Star of all time by Entertainment Weekly. It was during a "Parkinson" interview that his good friend David Niven revealed that during the filming of The Charge of the Light Brigade, Flynn was busy on a horse during a break applying makeup with one hand whilst holding a mirror in the other. An extra seeing this assumed (like most of the people around) that Flynn was a sissy, and decided to "pock" the horse up the behind with his lance - the horse bucked, throwing Flynn to the ground. Flynn got to his feet and asked who had done that, the extra volunteered, thinking that this would only add to Flynn's embarrassment. However, Flynn dragged him from the horse and gave him a sound beating. They were the best of friends after that. He also found success as a writer. He authored two novels, several articles, and an autobiography, "My Wicked, Wicked Ways". He met his second wife while she was working at a snacks counter in a courthouse during one of his rape trials!! His father, Thomas Flynn, taught biology at Queens College, Belfast. Warner Brothers' publicity department tried to claim that Flynn was from Ireland, when he was in fact from Tasmania, the small island state of Australia. Is portrayed by Duncan Regehr in My Wicked, Wicked Ways... The Legend of Errol Flynn and by Guy Pearce in Flynn He and Olivia de Havilland acted together in 9 movies: The Adventures of Robin Hood, Captain Blood, The Charge of the Light Brigade, Dodge City, All Rights Reserved, The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex, Santa Fe Trail, Thank Your Lucky Stars and They Died with Their Boots On Although only fifty when he succumbed to a massive heart attack aboard the yacht that had become his home during his final years, the autopsy showed he had the body of a seventy-five-year-old man. Although from generations of Tasmanians, his family was of British and Irish descent. Although they made some of their best pictures together, Flynn despised director Michael Curtiz and the two fought constantly whenever they worked together. Ironically his first wife, Lili Damita was previously briefly married to the director. Flynn, declaring to his second wife that he wanted to experience everything in life, began dabbling in opium in the late 1940s and quickly became a full-fledged addict. His opium addiction and the effects of the alcohol that ravaged his body over the years contributed to his premature death in 1959 at only age 50. Mentioned in the song "Blood on the Rooftops" by Genesis. His performance as Robin Hood in The Adventures of Robin Hood is ranked #16 on Premiere Magazine's 100 Greatest Movie Characters of All Time. In 1980 author Charles Higham published a controversial biography, "Errol Flynn: The Untold Story" in which he alleged that Flynn was a fascist sympathizer who spied for the Nazis before and during World War II. In Disney's film The Rocketeer, the major villain, Neville Sinclair, was a 1930s Hollywood actor who spied for the Nazis in an obvious reference to Higham's allegations about Flynn. The book also alleged Flynn was bisexual, and had affairs with Tyrone Power, Howard Hughes and Truman Capote. Subsequent biographies - notably Tony Thomas' "Errol Flynn: The Spy Who Never Was" (1990) - have denounced Higham's claims as fabrications. Flynn's political beliefs appear to have been left-wing. He was a supporter of the Spanish Republic in the Spanish Civil War and of the Cuban Revolution, even narrating a documentary titled The Truth About Fidel Castro Revolution shortly before his death. According to Flynn's own posthumous autobiography, "My Wicked Wicked Ways", he admired Fidel Castro and considered him a personal friend. He was granted a 4-F deferment during World War II due to his weak heart, exacerbated by bouts of malaria and tuberculosis. During the filming of Gentleman Jim Flynn suffered a mild heart attack.